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Emotional Expressivity and Social Support Among Adult Daughters of Alcoholic Mothers
Unformatted Document Text:  Emotional Expressivity 1 Abstract The current study examined associations between emotional expressivity (happiness,  sadness, fear, & anger) and provision of social support among adult daughters of alcoholic  mothers. Participants (N = 299) completed a retrospective measure of maternal alcoholism  and current measures of emotional expressivity (happiness, anger, sadness, & fear) and five  of the six provisions of social support identified by Weiss (1974). Correlational analyses  show support for the hypothesized negative associations between maternal alcoholism and  emotional expressivity and positive associations between expressions of happiness and  support availability (guidance, reliable alliance, social integration, attachment, &  reassurance of self-worth). Results of the analyses employed to answer the research  question about the associations between negative emotional expressivity (fear, anger, &  sadness) and provisions of support appear to suggest that while expressions of sadness  likely function to solicit certain types of support (guidance, reassurance of self-worth, &  attachment), fear and anger expressions inhibit provision of support through social  contagion. More specifically, fear expressions were associated with perceptions of  decreased support across all five provisions. Results are discussed in the context of the  literature reviewed and the study concludes with a summary of the limitations of the study  and some directions for future research.

Authors: Rangarajan, Sripriya.
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Emotional Expressivity 1
Abstract
The current study examined associations between emotional expressivity (happiness, 
sadness, fear, & anger) and provision of social support among adult daughters of alcoholic 
mothers. Participants (N = 299) completed a retrospective measure of maternal alcoholism 
and current measures of emotional expressivity (happiness, anger, sadness, & fear) and five 
of the six provisions of social support identified by Weiss (1974). Correlational analyses 
show support for the hypothesized negative associations between maternal alcoholism and 
emotional expressivity and positive associations between expressions of happiness and 
support availability (guidance, reliable alliance, social integration, attachment, & 
reassurance of self-worth). Results of the analyses employed to answer the research 
question about the associations between negative emotional expressivity (fear, anger, & 
sadness) and provisions of support appear to suggest that while expressions of sadness 
likely function to solicit certain types of support (guidance, reassurance of self-worth, & 
attachment), fear and anger expressions inhibit provision of support through social 
contagion. More specifically, fear expressions were associated with perceptions of 
decreased support across all five provisions. Results are discussed in the context of the 
literature reviewed and the study concludes with a summary of the limitations of the study 
and some directions for future research.


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